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10 thoughts on “The Girl Behind The Veil”

Wow. What an amazing insight into a different world. It must be difficult when people assume you must be oppressed just because of your choice of clothes. We are all so glad that you now feel as though you can practice your faith as you want to and we hope that this is made easy for you and anyone else who wants to do the same.

In Iran, where it’s the law, regardless if Islam is your belief, it’s oppressive. Not in America though where you have a choice to dress how you want. However, I’ve seen some immodest Muslims before though. Super tight jeans and shirts… but with a burka. That’s just human nature, though.

What Countries do doesn’t necessarily reflect Islam, and I am not qualified or particularly interested in discussing politics or policy in foreign countries.

I feel very blessed and grateful to live in the United States. I wouldn’t rather live anywhere else. 🙂

Many Muslim girls and women struggle with wearing hijab due to social pressures. Actually speaking of oppressive, one could argue that the overwhelming pressure on girls to look perfectly beautiful and sexy in this country is quite oppressive (many people do argue this point in fact)

Girls who don’t know much about Islam and may live in a “culturally practicing” family (meaning they are Muslim by heritage but are not knowledgeable and may not read and understand the Quran much) They have a particularly hard time because their connection with God and with the knowledge of Islam is not strong, so they know they should cover, but they don’t understand fully why. Meanwhile everything around them is telling them that if you want to be a valuable woman, you need to show off your body and beauty. This discordance is a struggle for many. It’s their personal struggle and many overcome it in time through gaining knowledge.